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Genesis 38 Free Bible Version (Spanish)

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1 Por esta época, Judá dejó a sus hermanos y montó su campamentoen Adulán, cerca de un hombre local llamado Hirá.
1 At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 Allí Judá vio por casualidad a la hija de un cananeo llamado Súa y se casó con ella. Se acostó con ella,
2 There, Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite man named Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
3 y ella quedó embarazada y tuvo un hijo, al que llamó Er.
3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
4 Luego ella quedó embarazada de nuevo y tuvo un hijo que llamó Onán.
4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
5 Luego tuvo otro hijo llamado Selá que nació en Quezib.
5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
6 Mucho más tarde, Judá hizo que Er, su primogénito, se casara con una mujer llamada Tamar.
6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
7 Pero Er hizo lo que era malo a los ojos del Señor, así que el Señor le dio muerte.
7 Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight. So Yahweh killed him.
8 Judá le dijo a Onán, “Ve y acuéstate con la mujer de tu hermano para cumplir los requisitos de un cuñado para tener hijos en nombre de tu hermano”.
8 Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
9 Onán se dio cuenta de que los hijos que tuviera no serían suyos, así que siempre que se acostaba con la mujer de su hermano se aseguraba de que no se quedara embarazada retirando y derramando su semen en el suelo. De esta manera evitaba que nacieran niños en nombre de su hermano.
9 Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10 Pero lo que hizo fue malo a los ojos del Señor, así que también mató a Onán.
10 The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.
11 Entonces Judá le dijo a su nuera Tamar, “Ve a la casa de tu padre y vive allí como una viuda hasta que mi hijo Selá crezca”. Porque pensó: “Quizá él también muera, como sus hermanos”. Así que Tamar se fue y se quedó en la casa de su padre.
11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
12 Mucho tiempo después murió la esposa de Judá, la hija de Súa. Cuando Judá terminó el tiempo de luto, fue a visitar a sus esquiladores en Timná con su amigo Hirá de Adulán.
12 After many days, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
13 A Tamar le dijeron: “Tu suegro va a Timná a esquilar sus ovejas”
13 Tamar was told, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
14 Así que se quitó la ropa de viuda y se cubrió con un velo, disfrazándose. Se sentó junto a la entrada de Enayin, que está en el camino a Timná. Se había dado cuenta de que aunque Selá había crecido, no se había hecho nada para que se casara con él.
14 She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife.
15 Judá la vio y pensó que debía ser una prostituta porque se había cubierto la cara.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
16 Se acercó a ella a un lado de la carretera y le dijo: “Quiero acostarme contigo”. Pero no sabía que era su nuera. “¿Qué me darás si te dejo dormir conmigo?” preguntó ella.
16 He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
17 “Te enviaré una cabra joven de mi rebaño”, respondió él. “¿Qué garantía me darás para asegurarme de que la enviarás?” preguntó ella.
17 He said, “I will send you a young goat from the flock.” She said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?”
18 “¿Qué garantía tengo que darte?” preguntó él. “Tu sello de sello y su cordón, y tu bastón que sostienes”, respondió ella. Él se los entregó. Se acostó con ella y quedó embarazada.
18 He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
19 Se fuea casa, se quitó el velo y se puso la ropa de viuda.
19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 Judá envió a su amigo Hirá de Adulán con una cabra joven para que le devolviera sus pertenencias que había dejado como garantía de la mujer, pero no pudo encontrarla.
20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
21 Hirále preguntó a los hombres de allí, “¿Dónde está la prostituta de culto que se sienta en el camino de entrada a Enayin?” “Aquí no hay ninguna prostituta de culto”, respondieron.
21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
22 Hirá regresó a Judá y le dijo: “No pude encontrarla, y los hombres de allí dijeron: ‘Aquí no hay ninguna prostituta de culto’”.
22 He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
23 “Que se quede con lo que le di”, respondió Judá. “Quedaremos en ridículo si seguimos buscando. En cualquier caso, intenté enviarle la cabra joven como prometí, pero no la encontraron”.
23 Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
24 Unos tres meses después le dijeron a Judá: “Tamar, tu nuera ha tenido relaciones sexuales como una prostituta y ahora está embarazada”. “¡Sáquenla y quémenla hasta la muerte!” ordenó Judá.
24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
25 Cuando la sacaron, envió un mensaje a su suegro, diciendo: “Estoy embarazada del hombre que posee estas cosas”. Luego añadió: “Por favor, miren con atención este sello, el cordón del sello, y este bastón. ¿A quién le pertenecen?”
25 When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also said, “Please discern whose these are—the signet, and the cords, and the staff.”
26 Judá los reconoció de inmediato y dijo: “Ella ha honrado la ley más que yo, porque no la entregué en matrimonio a mi hijo Selá”. Y no volvió a acostarse con Tamar.
26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew her again no more.
27 Cuando llegó el momento en que Tamar debía dara luz, se descubrió que llevaba gemelos.
27 In the time of her travail, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 Un bebé extendió su mano, y la comadrona le ató un hilo escarlata en su muñeca y dijo: “Este salió primero”
28 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
29 Pero entonces él retiró su mano y su hermano nació primero, y ella dijo, “¿cómo saliste tú?” Así que lo llamaron Fares.
29 As he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out, and she said, “Why have you made a breach for yourself?” Therefore his name was called Perez.
30 Después nació su hermano con el hilo escarlata en la muñeca, y lo llamaron Zera.
30 Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

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  • Bath-shua

    Judah's Canaanite wife

    The Canaanite daughter of Shua whom Judah married and who bore Er, Onan and Shelah (unnamed in Genesis 38, where she dies after a long time; named Bath-shua in 1 Chronicles 2:3).

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3

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  • Er

    Judah's firstborn

    Judah's firstborn, who was wicked in the LORD's sight and died young; first husband of Tamar.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:3-7

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  • Hirah

    Judah's Adullamite friend

    Judah's friend, an Adullamite near whom Judah settled, who went with Judah to the sheepshearing at Timnah and later took the young goat to Enaim but could not find the woman.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:1; Genesis 38:12; Genesis 38:20

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  • Judah

    The royal tribe

    The lion of the tribes, from whom kings and the Messiah would come.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:35; 38; 49:8–12

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  • Onan

    Judah's second son

    Judah's second son, who died for refusing to raise up offspring for his late brother.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:4-10

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  • Perez

    Son of Judah

    Born of Judah and Tamar, he became the head of the leading clan of Judah.

    Cited in the guide: Gen. 38; Ruth 4:18; 1 Chron. 2:4-5; Matt. 1:3

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  • Shelah

    Judah's third son

    Judah's third son, withheld from Tamar until she took matters into her own hands.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:5, 11; Numbers 26:20

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  • Shua

    Canaanite father of Judah's wife

    A Canaanite man whose daughter Judah married; she bore Er, Onan and Shelah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:2; Genesis 38:12

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  • Tamar

    Mother of Perez

    Judah's daughter-in-law who, denied justice, became the mother of Perez.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38; Matthew 1:3

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  • Zerah

    Twin of Perez

    The twin brother of Perez, born to Judah and Tamar, whose hand first reached out at birth.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:29-30; 1 Chronicles 2:4

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Cross references (25)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Kings 4:8; 1 Samuel 22:1; Proverbs 13:20; Micah 1:15; Genesis 19:2–3
  2. 2 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 24:3; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Judges 16:1; Genesis 3:6
  3. 3 Numbers 26:19; Genesis 46:12
  4. 4 Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19
  5. 5 Numbers 26:20; Genesis 46:12; Genesis 38:26; Genesis 38:11; 1 Chronicles 4:21
  6. 6 Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:3; Matthew 1:3
  7. 7 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 19:13
  8. 8 Deuteronomy 25:5–10; Matthew 22:23–27; Ruth 4:5–11; Ruth 1:11; Leviticus 18:16
  9. 9 James 4:5; Deuteronomy 25:6; James 3:16; Titus 3:3; Job 5:2
  10. 10 Numbers 11:1; Genesis 46:12; Proverbs 14:32; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Numbers 26:19
  11. 11 Leviticus 22:13; Ruth 1:11–13
  12. 12 Joshua 15:10; 2 Samuel 13:39; Judges 14:1; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 31:19
  13. 14 Genesis 38:26; Genesis 38:11–13; Proverbs 7:12; Jeremiah 3:2; Genesis 24:65
  14. 16 1 Timothy 6:10; Matthew 26:15; 2 Samuel 13:11; Ezekiel 16:33; Deuteronomy 23:18
  15. 17 Genesis 38:20; Ezekiel 16:33; Luke 16:8; Proverbs 20:16; Genesis 38:24–25
  16. 18 Genesis 38:25–26; Luke 15:22; Jeremiah 22:24; Hosea 4:11
  17. 19 Genesis 38:14; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:5
  18. 20 Genesis 20:9; 2 Samuel 13:3; Luke 23:12; Leviticus 19:17; Judges 14:20
  19. 23 Ephesians 5:12; 2 Samuel 12:9; Proverbs 6:33; Romans 6:21; 2 Corinthians 4:2
  20. 24 Leviticus 21:9; Judges 19:2; Ezekiel 23:44; Hosea 2:5; Ezekiel 23:19
  21. 25 Genesis 37:32; Genesis 38:18; Psalm 50:21; Jeremiah 2:26; Revelation 20:12
  22. 26 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Peter 4:2–3; John 8:9; Titus 2:11–12; 2 Samuel 24:17
  23. 27 Genesis 25:24
  24. 29 Genesis 46:12; Matthew 1:3; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Numbers 26:20; Nehemiah 11:6
  25. 30 1 Chronicles 9:6; 1 Chronicles 2:4; Matthew 1:3

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What the Fathers said

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  1. Quotes verse 38:28 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapters XXV–XXVI)

    This fact is indeed set forth by many other [occurrences], but typically by [the history of] Thamar, Judah's daughter-in-law. For when she had conceived twins, one of them put forth his hand first; and as the midwife supposed that he was the first-born, she bound a scarlet token on his hand.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)